Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To envy the possession or enjoyment of: She begrudged him his youth. See Synonyms at envy.
- v. To give or expend with reluctance: begrudged every penny spent.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To grudge; envy the possession of.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To grudge; to envy the possession of.
WordNet 3.0
- v. wish ill or allow unwillingly
- v. be envious of; set one's heart on
Examples
“What I begrudge is not so much the work itself, although I remain a reluctant manager who dislikes the responsibilities, but the lack of free time.”
“Kristol says he doesn't "begrudge" Obama his ambivalence, but he should have committed more troops and not have end dates for wars that he feels have tremendous potential to succeed.”
“One minute he's assailing "fat cat" bankers, the next he's saying he doesn't "begrudge" multimillion-dollar Wall Street bonuses.”
The Huffington Post: Ari Berman: Five Big Ideas for President Obama
“Mills said this morning that he does not "begrudge" Democrats on the commission their service.”
The Washington Post: Va. Democratic Party presses concerns about Malek
“You've got to wonder when he calls Jamie Dimon and Lloyd Blankfein "savvy businessmen" and says he doesn't "begrudge" them their "success and wealth.”
The Huffington Post: Les Leopold: Why Do We Save Billionaires, but Not Teachers?
“Speaking of the banking industry, Obama recently said that he doesn't "begrudge" the huge bonuses awarded to Dimon, Blankfein, and their ilk.”
The Huffington Post: Peter Dreier: The Greed Olympics: Banks and Insurers Battle for the Gold
“His condemnation of huge Wall Street CEO bonuses rang so thinly that his later statement that he did not "begrudge" such bonuses as "part of the free market system" was taken as de facto endorsement and appropriately attacked.”
The Huffington Post: Obama: Averse to Leadership and a Pretty Bad Politician on Top of That
“He did so again Wednesday, saying he did not "begrudge" wealth that is "fairly earned.”
The Washington Post: Obama continues Midwest tour with populist cast
“President Barack Obama said he doesn't "begrudge" the $17 million bonus awarded to JPMorgan Chase ”
“President Obama, walking a fine line, doesn't "begrudge" bonuses?”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘begrudge’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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GRE 2014
abate, abdicate, abase, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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January 2012
bloviate, pastiche, apparat, facile, paroxysm, pique, bedfellow, pedigree, tutelage, protege, protégé, retroactive and 196 more...
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Key words of the Odyssey by Homer in English including all those famous repeating epitethons like
"bright-eyed Athene"
"wine-dark sea"
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"long suf...yearling, wild celery, Wain, Themis, talon, slither, sedge, sea eagle, scurf, rile, prevaricate, poplar tree and 732 more...
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Words that contain both a "hard G" and a "soft G".
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its a list of words borrowed from Magoosh GRE blog ,an indispensable resource for GRE test takers.
inimitable, exiguity, myriad, cornucopia, surfeit, glut, deluge, opaque, pellucid, grandiloquent, turgid, gadfly and 106 more...
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Belistful
Tubey or not tubey.
belittle, bedazzle, besiege, besmirch, bespeckle, beget, bemoan, befuddle, befriend, become, besot, becloud and 596 more...
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newGRE
mostly from magoosh
imbue, verge on, nonchalant, deliberate, timorous, futile, provisional, dissect, checked, tinged, alluring, visionary and 1046 more...
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My Revised GRE Preparation List
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alacrity, prosaic, veracity, paucity, contrite, trite, maintain, laconic, pugnacious, disparate, egregious, innocuous and 533 more...
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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fetid, mezzanine, hiatus, austerity, subliminal, resplendent, implacable, impugn, debase, exiguous, cirque, holster and 2538 more...
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industrious, feckless, debunk, quintessence, loquacious, obsequious, laconic, plethora, lugubrious, serendipity, facetious, turgid and 261 more...
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TheLastGoodNameLeft
The Last Good Words Left
ephemera, gammon, errata, ellipses, octopi, heteronormative, polyp, intersectionality, theses, california, halfback, fullback and 555 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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